Editing Thranduil (section)

===Tolkien===

In an article published by ''[[Tor.com]]'' as part of a bi-weekly series titled "Exploring the People of Middle-earth", Megan N. Fontenot found it surprising that in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', none of the attendees at the [[Council of Elrond]] pays much attention to Legolas' status as Thranduil's heir. Fontenot found the lore behind Thranduil to be underdeveloped, as his name appeared more often in the Appendices than in the main narrative.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fontenot |first=Megan N. |url=https://www.tor.com/2019/06/27/exploring-the-people-of-middle-earth-legolas-a-radical-warrior/|title=Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Legolas, a Radical Warrior |date=27 June 2019 |website=[[Tor.com]] |access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref>

[[Tom Loback]], writing in ''[[Mythlore]]'', attempts to evaluate the strength of the [[orc]] forces that attacked Thranduil in the battle under Mirkwood's dark trees (Dagor Dauroth). He estimated, on the basis of the standard words that Tolkien uses for military forces, and the need for the forces to be superior to Thranduil's, that the Witch-king used a "legion" of around 10,000 orcs for the initial reconnaissance<!-- in June 3018-->, and an "army" of 2 or 3 legions of orcs, for the main attack.<ref name="Loback 1990">{{cite journal |last=Loback |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Loback |title=Orc Hosts, Armies and Legions: A Demographic Study |journal=Mythlore |date=1990 |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=10–16 |url=https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol16/iss4/2/}}</ref>